Could not agree more. This was my one and only opportunity to buy cutting edge tech. I have no regrets. Dcs @90 fps in vr High 50s in MSFS2020 on ultra and I believe when I get back to photo editing it will prove the perfect tool.
Fyi with same settings in 2d in dcs I am getting 128ish
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@Cib You have my attention! Any details (specs, settings, etc). If you’ve left them somewhere else let me know and I’ll look them up. Thanks.
Scroll through the thread about 6 posts up. A video showing a little bit in a chopper
I will try for better representation tomorrow
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Got it, thanks. Your CPU O/C’d to, what 5.0 (from 3.6) do I read that right?
Looks like settings in DCS pretty high-ish. Not that my old eyes can really tell.
Shadow = off? I like them in the cockpit but they kill my rig for trees, buildings, etc. There is, was, a shader mod that would if I recall remove the tree shadows, except very near the camera, yet keep the shadows cast from terrain (mountains). Was a nice compromise; the terrain contours casting shadows is more ‘pleasing’ to me than the trees. Especially when tree shadows are so expensive.
Appears smooth.
PS: That fpsVR gadget is handy, but it’s not free ($5 I think?).
It does not work with the rift apparently. I have shadows set to flat for both
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Ya, @Cib, that 3090 is rocking your gaming world right now. Here’s my 3080 …
UserBenchmarks: Game 203%, Desk 99%, Work 233%
CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X - 93.5%
GPU: Nvidia RTX 3080 - 220.2%
SSD: WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019) - 273.2%
SSD: HP S700 500GB - 85.9%
SSD: Samsung 860 QVO 1TB - 94.3%
SSD: HP S700 500GB - 76.5%
HDD: WD WD4005FZBX-00K5WB0 4TB - 106.5%
RAM: Kingston HyperX DDR4 3466 C16 2x16GB - 121.5%
MBD: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI)
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I don’t think anyone doubts the performance of the 3080 or 3090 right now. It just remains the question of the value you get for the money you dish out.
That is of course subjective, there’s no right or wrong answer.
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User benchmark is a handy tool to compare rigs. I have a whole suit of benchmarking tools but posting here is not necessarily the place. Most of the guys just want to game not tinker.
We can start a benchmarking thread if you want to do comparisons on settings etc.
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Bonus I just received my call of duty code and some nvidia membership after registering with Gigabyte for my extended warranty
That could be handy, especially now as there are several GPU’s coming out and people like myself need to evaluate “bang for the buck”.
I’d include my long-in-the-tooth system too just for reference.
Think multiple software titles would help:
X-Plane
MSFS 2020
DCS
These seem to be the biggest hogs.
Then of course specs to include the usual, and any Over clocking especially if that OC required extra features.
Which one did you get?
Call of duty cold War. 176 Gb forsooth
I clicked on the ultra 1337 textures 
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My “old” rig still doing OK-ish…(I know, I know…32TB of external drive space? I’m an ortho-■■■■■)…
CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K - 98.7%
GPU: Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti - 174.5%
SSD: Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB - 167.5%
SSD: Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB - 169.3%
SSD: SanDisk Ultra 3D 2TB - 67.6%
HDD: Toshiba HDWF180 8TB - 43.4%
HDD: Toshiba HDWF180 8TB - 63.4%
HDD: Toshiba HDWF180 8TB - 60.3%
HDD: Toshiba HDWF180 8TB - 57.7%
RAM: Samsung M378A2K43CB1-CTD 2x16GB - 88.3%
MBD: MSI MPG Z390I GAMING EDGE AC (MS-7C04)
Here goes. I ain’t scared… 
UserBenchmarks: Game 95%, Desk 91%, Work 76%
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K - 85.8%
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1080 - 108.8%
SSD: Samsung MZMTE512HMHP-000MV 512GB - 86.3%
SSD: Samsung 860 Evo 1TB - 135.7%
HDD: Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB - 82.9%
HDD: Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB - 63.6%
RAM: Unknown W642GU42J5213N8 2x16GB - 75.9%
MBD: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A12)
All I know is, in DCS, it takes some “pre-planning” to get decent results in VR.
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Nothing wrong with that system. Unless you upgrade the gpu I don’t expect you could tell the difference in this year’s tech
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Wait, “dontist” is censored?
Nope, not for me it wasn’t…
I saw the reviews for the new 6900XT which basically said “why?” It’s faster than the 6800XT, but not THAT much more to justify the several hundred extra dollars, and the RT performance is behind even the $500 nvidia cards, so not worth it if that’s your bag.
The gist seems to be “get a 6800XT or 3080 for top performing bang/buck, 3090 if you MUST have the fastest and don’t care about money, or a 6800/3070/3060 if you want best value bang/buck, but the 6900XT doesn’t seem to have earned its spot above the 6800XT and below the 3090 for its price.”
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Agree, based on my browsing around in the last month or so.
I’ll throw another 9900K benchmark in the mix from my gaming rig:
UserBenchmarks: Game 99%, Desk 99%, Work 100%
CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K - 98.8% (Turbo only, no O/C)
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti - 98.5%
SSD: Nvme WDS500G3X0C-00SJG0 500GB - 192.9% - Windows
SSD: Nvme WDS500G3X0C-00SJG0 500GB - 211.9% - DCS
SSD: Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB - 53.4% - Other Games
HDD: Intel Raid 1 Volume 2TB - 79.4% - General Data Storage
RAM: Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GB - 70.5% (Not using XMP)
MBD: Asus ROG MAXIMUS XI FORMULA
Edit - Adding my server here:
UserBenchmarks: Game 14%, Desk 88%, Work 14%
CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K - 98% (Turbo, no O/C)
GPU: Intel UHD Graphics 630 - 5.1% (No dedicated GPU for a server, saves power)
SSD: WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019) - 210.7% - Windows
SSD: WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019) - 227.9% - DCS
SSD: Intel Raid 1 Volume 120GB - 59.6% - Virtual Machine Storage
HDD: Intel Raid 1 Volume 4TB - 75.2% - Archive / Network Share for Backups
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB - 74.4% (Not using XMP)
MBD: Asus TUF Z390-PRO GAMING
…I think my brand biases may be showing. 
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That 1070ti is actually holding up pretty well…! That isn’t much below the rating for the 1080…
2070 S to the mix
UserBenchmarks: Game 111%, Desk 98%, Work 106%
CPU: Intel Core i7-9700F - 94.7%
GPU: Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super) - 115.3%
SSD: WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019) - 209.6%
SSD: Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB - 596%
HDD: Adata HV300 4TB - 11.6%
RAM: Kingston HyperX 2666 C13 2x16GB - 81.8%
MBD: Asus ROG STRIX B360-G GAMING
Intel 660p doing goood 
but the AData HV300 external… hmm
And I got a homework : they recommended overclock the GPU and check RAM for dual channel
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